Frequency of meaning use for ambiguous and unambiguous words.

@article{citeulike:2137754, abstract = {When using verbal stimuli, researchers usually equate words on frequency of use. However, for some ambiguous words (e.g., ball as a round object or a formal dance), frequency counts fail to distinguish how often a particular meaning is used. This study evaluates the use of ratings to estimate meaning frequency. Analyses show that ratings correlate highly with word frequency counts when orthographic and meaning frequencies should converge, are not unduly influenced by semantic factors, and may provide a better measure of relative meaning dominance than the word association task does. Furthermore, the ratings allow researchers to equate or manipulate frequency of meaning use for ambiguous and unambiguous words. Ratings for 211 words are reported.}, address = {University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. griffin@psych.stanford.edu}, author = {Griffin, Z. M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2137754}, issn = {0743-3808}, journal = {Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput}, keywords = {699, homonym, norm}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {520--530}, posted-at = {2007-12-17 18:10:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Frequency of meaning use for ambiguous and unambiguous words.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10502874}, volume = {31}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2137754 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2137754 TI - Frequency of meaning use for ambiguous and unambiguous words. JF - Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 520 EP - 530 AD - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. griffin@psych.stanford.edu SN - 0743-3808 N2 - When using verbal stimuli, researchers usually equate words on frequency of use. However, for some ambiguous words (e.g., ball as a round object or a formal dance), frequency counts fail to distinguish how often a particular meaning is used. This study evaluates the use of ratings to estimate meaning frequency. Analyses show that ratings correlate highly with word frequency counts when orthographic and meaning frequencies should converge, are not unduly influenced by semantic factors, and may provide a better measure of relative meaning dominance than the word association task does. Furthermore, the ratings allow researchers to equate or manipulate frequency of meaning use for ambiguous and unambiguous words. Ratings for 211 words are reported. KW - 699 KW - homonym KW - norm AU - Griffin, ZM PY - 1999/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10502874 ER -